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NEWS > HEALTH > PROTESTS DOING LITTLE TO STOP SPREAD OF CHOLERA IN HAITI
PROTESTS DOING LITTLE TO STOP SPREAD OF CHOLERA IN HAITI
November 17 2010
Cap Haitien, Haiti – As terrifying as incidents such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes can be they are really limited in the threat they pose to human life. While there are certainly dramatic examples of mass losses of human life in the wake of such 
events, smaller events, smaller creatures particularly, can be far more deadly and far more damaging to human populations than any spectacular natural event. Unfortunately, for the people of Haiti, just about all of those methods of extermination have been visited on the island in the last year.
Now things have started to unravel in the nation which has endured so much yet somehow managed to keep things together. Now though with a destructive little bug spreading across the country tensions are finally starting to come to the surface. With more than 900 already dead from cholera in the last few weeks, riots and protests have come to this, the second largest city in the country with apparent hopes of stopping the spread. Undaunted, the bug appears to be continuing to spread regardless of the anger and frustration of the people of the country.
“As you can see, this is really the next phase of this deadly cholera outbreak - this real frustration against the troops - and these people in this community also believe 
that the UN troops, particularly the Nepalese, are responsible for bringing cholera into this country,” said a UN spokesperson. “This is of course not the case. We have brought many things with us, weapons, clothing, food, medicine, but we have not brought any communicable diseases. It is not and has never been a part o the mandate of the United Nations to spread disease in any country, whether a member state or not. This is an unfortunate incident that we are trying to negotiate and unfortunately the frustration of the people in the country is starting to cause some problems.”
At least two people, including one UN soldier, have been killed in the protests. Cholera remains undaunted.
“Traditional methods of fighting disease are still generally the best way to deal with outbreaks. That includes antibiotics, cleanliness, and safe drinking water. Such actions 
will clear up the vast majority of cases and limit the spread of the disease, however that is very much beyond the abilities of the people of Haiti and even the foreign forces trying to deal with the situation,” said Scrape TV Medical analyst Dr. Phillip Waites. “Traditionally protest has done little to fight communicable disease, or disease of any kind. Anger at ailments simply does nothing and people have to rely on methods such as medication and treatment from doctors in order to resolve their medical issues. Storming the streets and throwing rocks accomplishes little in terms of actual medical diagnosis or the resolution of ailments.”
Officials now believe that cholera is in almost every parts of the country.
“People are understandably upset with the situation and are agitated that things haven’t been resolved, and in fact are getting worse. While a lot of that is credited to this notion that foreigners have brought disease and suffering, the reality is if things were going well that sentiment wouldn’t exist and everything would be fine, but that isn’t the case,” continued Waites. “People do need to understand however that these protests will simply not accomplish what it is people are setting out to do. Cholera isn’t really all that concerned with protests or politics, it just does what it does and it will continue to do that regardless of how angry people get.”
Similar protests against HIV in Niger have always been largely unsuccessful.
Lauren Hebert, Health Correspondent
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